> So it would appear that I really have no> choice but to stick with high v=
alue pull-> ups, unless there is a better idea that> none of us have though=
t of.
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Don't give up so soon.
What was wrong with the idea of turning internal pull-ups on only while rea=
ding switches and setting port lines to output low the rest of the time?
If reading switches occupied say 0.1% of CPU time (seems reasonable) power =
consumption of pull-ups is reduced by a factor of 1000.
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